MM,

Give CA's recipe a go it's very easy and turns out perfectly cooked rice. I've tried the absorption method many times and alway mess it up.

MM, I use Tilda, I know it's not the cheapest, but rice isn't that expensive to buy @ about 2 pound 50 a kilo. I rinse then soak it for 30 minutes this cuts the cooking time by about half. Using CA's method my rice was cooked in about 4 minutes. I hope this helps.

London.

Looking good Andy, glad you managed to find laziza, I still can't find it for love nor money.

London.

Thanks everyone for your kind remarks, it means a lot to me as you're a tough bunch to please.

Chewy, I used red split lentils, I just don't cook the guts out of them as I like a bit of texture in a Dhansak.

Here's a better picture of the rice.

The rice is CA's Pilau rice as posted on this forum. The Dhansak is Chewy's recipe which has a video on Vimeo.

I knocked up a Dhansak for dinner tonight served with pilau rice and mushroom bhaji.

Dips mint sauce is the one I use and it's very nice with onion bhajis.

Cheers Gav.

Here's my first effort.